On the global visibility of singularity in quasi-spherical collapse

Details On the global visibility of singularity in quasi-spherical collapse On the global visibility of singularity in quasi-spherical collapse

1998-06-11

arxiv.org/abs/gr-qc/9806055v1

Gen.Rel.Grav. 30 (1998) 1477-1499

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology

Latex file, 32 pages, 12 postscript figures. To appear in the Journal of General Relativity and Gravitation

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We analyze here the issue of local versus the global visibility of a singularity that forms in gravitational collapse of a dust cloud, which has important implications for the weak and strong versions of the cosmic censorship hypothesis. We find conditions as to when a singularity will be only locally naked, rather than being globally visible, thus preseving the weak censorship hypothesis. The conditions for formation of a black hole or naked singularity in the Szekeres quasi-spherical collapse models are worked out. The causal behaviour of the singularity curve is studied by examining the outgoing radial null geodesics, and the final outcome of collapse is related to the nature of the regular initial data specified on an initial hypersurface from which the collapse evolves. An interesting feature that emerges is the singularity in Szekeres spacetimes can be ``directionally naked''.

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